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National Borders, Conflict and Peace / Enrico Spolaore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spolaore, Enrico.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w15560.
- NBER working paper series no. w15560
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.
- Summary:
- This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper provides a summary of ideas and concepts from the economics literature on the size of nations; illustrates them within an analytical framework where populations engage in conflict over borders and resources, and may form non-aggression pacts, military alliances, and political unions; and discusses extensions and directions for further research.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- December 2009.
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